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Things got spicy at a Republican county campaign event in Perryville, Missouri, last Friday, in an expletive-filled confrontation that was caught on video. State Sen. Denny Hoskins cursed out Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, calling him...
by Walter Einenkel
 68 comments
on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 02:15 PM PDT
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This piece is appearing as an op/ed in newspapers this weekend in the very red congressional district in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012. ******************************** When I was getting educated, the idea that things in the...
by AndySchmookler
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 07:56 AM PDT
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Posted October 26 at its website, a Globe and Mail columnist wrote how during a recent concert at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre, “a band member said something about a free Palestine. This, according to attendee Hanah Van Borek, led to a few shouts from...
by Frank Sterle Jr
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 05:35 PM PST
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an attack on Israel from Gaza in which 1139 were killed, at least 8,730 were injured and an estimated 240 hostages were forced into captivity in Gaza, of which as many as 136 remain as prisoners in Gaza. Brutality of...
by greenandblue
141 comments
on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 02:41 PM PST
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It is absolutely outrageous to say that President Biden supports the genocide of the Palestinian civilians. It's incredibly ignorant to attack President Biden and not vote for him on the basis of a claim that he supports Israel targeting Palestinian...
by Dem
58 comments
on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 01:49 PM PST
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“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." That quote from George W. Bush shortly after the September 11 attacks has stuck with me. It is a statement that is very frustrating as it demands a simple black and white view of things. Yes,...
by Izixs
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on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 01:40 PM PDT
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On Oct. 26 , Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to have Congress censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, falsely claiming Tlaib’s pro-Palestinian statements at a peace protest ...
by Walter Einenkel
202 comments
on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 12:12 PM PDT
with 380 Recommends
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I’ve avoided putting word to ‘paper’ on this deeply upsetting topic for the good part of a week now. As an American (non-religious) Jew, I’ve spent a lifetime learning/knowing about many details of the conflict over land and spiritual/religious...
by skockets
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on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 05:49 PM PDT
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Briefly, from J IMENA * email: Resources on how to talk with children during times of crisis �
by mettle fatigue
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on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 04:05 PM PDT
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Imma keep this short because it’s really not a difficult concept, and I want to make it clear that my headline is a general statement responding to the spate of diaries on this subject, not a calling out of anyone in particular criticizing anyone’s...
by EphemeralNotion
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on Tue Jul 11, 2023 at 11:42 AM PDT
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The most valuable thing about us is our attention. Culture is where we put our attention. We might want to be peaceful people, but if we only pay attention to violence, we help to maintain the culture of violence. The mainstream news media features...
by AliceT4
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on Tue Mar 21, 2023 at 09:09 AM PDT
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Is this when males’ first experiences of rewarded misogyny begin, up to and including violence? Is this how they first learn there’s advantage and profit in abusing and controlling others? Worth keeping in mind with the following more general source...
by mettle fatigue
30 comments
on Wed Mar 01, 2023 at 05:14 PM PST
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The full article on Dr. Fine is here→ www.daily-times.com/… FARMINGTON – Services were Monday in Albuquerque for international energy industry expert and Farmington Daily Times columnist Dr. Daniel Fine, 88, who died Sept. 26 in a Miami hospital...
by bluewill
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on Fri Oct 07, 2022 at 05:36 PM PDT
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Let me pose a multiple-part question for you to mull over – Do you like conflict? Do you get off on it? Does it give you a thrill? Does conflict light up your switchboard? Let’s have a little chat, shall we? In, fact, let’s make it a kindly chat from a...
by Ben Kalom
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on Thu Sep 29, 2022 at 01:08 PM PDT
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I haven’t been able to find a diary already posted on this, so here's the AssociatedPress link from June 21, SC medical ethics law prompts concerns re: LGBTQ healthcare. reporting that on June 17, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law the...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sun Jun 26, 2022 at 06:59 PM PDT
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I, like many of you, want to know about everything going on in Ukraine and everything regarding what aid is being sent. �However, even as important as I like to think of myself as, President Biden ...
by Peter Olandt
139 comments
on Sat Apr 09, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
with 171 Recommends
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History shows that Western sanctions have never put a dent in Russian resolve Daniel Fine Columnist The full article is here-> https://www.daily-times.com/.../history-shows.../7039265001/ “There is an absence of history in Washington. Russia...
by bluewill
21 comments
on Thu Mar 17, 2022 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Are US sanctions strong enough without Russian ban from SWIFT financial system? BY DANIEL FINE, SENIOR COLUMNIST THE COMPLETE ARTICLE IS HERE→ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE BY DANIEL FINE "Thirty years ago in Moscow the Soviet Union crumbled and everyone...
by bluewill
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on Sat Feb 26, 2022 at 05:08 PM PST
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If you want to know what escalation after Dragonball Super and GT looks like, well its Super Dragonball Heroes. So here you go: Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4: Episode 5: Episode 6: Episode 7: Episode 8: Episode 9: Episode 10: Episode 11:...
by Kaizar
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on Fri Oct 01, 2021 at 03:24 PM PDT
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[This piece is running as a newspaper op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06). ******************* There’s a reason that Christianity presents the combination of “Peace on Earth” and “Goodwill to Men” as a central message about the Good in...
by AndySchmookler
218 comments
on Sat Jul 10, 2021 at 08:05 AM PDT
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